August Bünte
August Heinrich Diedrich Bünte (born May 1, 1836 in Balge , Nienburg an der Weser , † 1920 in Hanover ) was a conductor , royal Prussian music director and professor and composer .
Life
family
August Bünte was born as one of four sons of a teacher and cantor . One of his brothers was Wilhelm Bünte .
According to the address book of the Royal Capital and Residence City of Hanover for 1866, they lived in the city at that time
- August Bünte , teacher at the middle school, court and church singer, residing at Ernst-August-Platz 4 ;
- (Johann) Heinrich Bünte , teacher at the Citizens' School I in Burgstrasse , Burgstrasse 21 II;
- Ms. Bünte , teacher at the middle school, Friedrichstrasse 12a ;
- August Victor Bünte , timber merchant, Osterstraße 100 , I.
August Bünte married Jane Catherine Kelly and had four sons, including the pianist Charles Bünte .
Another family member was Karl August Wilhelm Bünte (born January 28, 1860), son of the teacher Heinrich Bünte and Amalie Kracke (* in Hanover).
Career
August Bünte had become a member and director of the royal palace church choir ("Hof- und Domchor") in Hanover on July 1, 1887, as well as the conductor of the Singakademie and the Neue Liedertafel. He composed sacred vocal music and published sacred chants as an editor.
In 1877 Bünte became a member of the Hanover Art Association .
In 1890 he was appointed Royal Music Director. In 1896 he received the Order of the Red Eagle IV class and in 1905 the Order of the Crown III. Class . In 1913 he was appointed royal professor.
August, like his brother Wilhelm Bünte, was buried in the Engesohde cemetery .
Works
Scores
- Jerusalem, you kill the prophets.
- Princess Ilse. For female choir, solo voices and piano, 1895.
Books
- School Choral Book: A collection of selected choral melodies with text . 1892.
literature
- Wolfgang Helbich, Ernst Herzog (Hrsg.): Spiritual choir book of the Romantic period: 80 selected choral movements. Carus, Stuttgart 1990. (among others by August Bünte)
- Hugo Thielen : BÜNTE, Heinrich Christian Wilhelm. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 77; online through google books
- Hugo Thielen: Bünte, Heinrich Christian Wilhelm. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , 93.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Hugo Thielen: BÜNTE, Heinrich Christian Wilhelm (see literature)
- ↑ a b Compare the address book from 1866 (AB), p. 172; online via Genwiki
- ↑ a b Compare the AB, p. 171; online via Genwiki
- ^ Karl August Wilhelm Bünte: Contributions to the moral history from Tandareis and Flordibel , H. Fiencke, 1893, passim; partly online via Google books
- ^ Ernst Wilhelm Fritzsch (Ed.): Musical weekly paper. Leipzig 1897. ( archive.org )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bünte, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bünte, August Heinrich Diedrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German conductor, composer and royal Prussian music director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Balge , Nienburg on the Weser |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1920 |
| Place of death | Hanover |